What comes next in Trumps criminal case in New York

Washington — The indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges related to hush money payments made before the 2016 election set in motion a legal process that is expected to run into 2024 and is taking place alongside Trump’s third presidential run. Trump surrendered to New York authorities for processing on Tuesday morning and made his first court appearance before New York Judge Juan Merchan, during which he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Manhattan prosecutors accused Trump of unlawfully falsifying business records to hide reimbursements to his former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen,…